Real Estate

Kingman plant fined by ADEQ

Thursday, June 7, 2007 2:13 PM PDT

River Cities Business Journal

PHOENIX - Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced Feb. 23, that Honeywell International, Inc., will pay a $500,000 penalty under a consent judgment with ADEQ for hazardous waste violations in Mohave County.

In September 2005, ADEQ inspectors discovered that the Honeywell Aircraft Landing Systems facility in Kingman, an FAA-certified repair and overhaul station for aircraft wheels and brakes, was operating two natural gas-fired hazardous waste thermal treatment units without the required hazardous waste treatment permit.

“I am committed to enforcing hazardous waste laws,” Goddard said. “These laws protect our communities, and I will continue to seek penalties from companies that violate these laws.”

ADEQ issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Honeywell Kingman on Nov. 15, 2005, for thermally treating its hazardous waste without a permit, failing to submit signed manifests, failing to properly label each container and tank as hazardous waste, failing to inform employees of proper handling and emergency procedures and failing to comply with personnel training requirements.